Wilhelm Dittman

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Wilhelm Dittman is not in my direct ancestry.His son Joseph Henry Dittman was married to Arminta Beals who is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of James Elgie Beals Daughter of James Francis Beals and Olive Samantha Bower

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	9 Sept 1825	Salem Twp., Venango Co. PA
Marriage			To Sarah Ann Kline (3 May 1833 - 12 June 1898) born Lehigh Co. PA; expect daughter of Philip Klein
Death	13 March 1896
Burial	Salem Reformed UCC Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 3                  Generation 4        Generation 5    
 
                                                                   
                                                                  +--Johann Heinrich "Henry" Detman
                                                                  |  (by 1757- <1815)
                                              +-- David Dittman --+       
                                              |    (1797-1861)    |                
                        +-- Wilhelm Dittman --+                   +-- Elisabetha Horn
                        |   (1825-1896)       | 
                        |                     +-- Magdelina unknown   
                        |                         (????-1872)   
 Joseph Henry Dittman --+                               
 (1867-1952 )           |                          
                        |                     +-- Philip Klein
                        |                     |   (1799-by 1850)  
                        +-- Sarah Ann Kline --+         
                             (1833-1898)      |
                                              +-- Esther Foegele
                                                  (????-????)
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Children

( children with Sarah Ann Kline; birth order unknown )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
David Dittman III	M	5 Sept 1851			Died 13 Oct 1868 buried Reformed cemetery, Lamartine, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
John Adam Dittman	M	17 June 1853 bap. 13 Nov 1853 St. Petersburg PA		Clorinda Wenner	died 1922
Mary Elizabeth Dittman	F			Abe Ashbaugh
Susan Dittman	F			1) unknown Morrison 2) unknown Wagner
Ellen Dittman	F			Charles Downing
Emma Dittman	F			Marvin Hess
Lydia Dittman	F			John Griffith
Joseph Henry Dittman	M	24 July 1867	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Arminta Emanatha Beals	died 8 May 1952 Lamartine, Clarion Co. PA
Frank Dittman	M			Stella Bell
Emanuel Peter Dittman	M	1869		Cora B. Sheffer (1869-1939)	died 1957
George Dittman	M			Beck Baum
Ida Dittman	F			Bruce Clark
Harold Dittman	M			Loula Baum

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Photo Gallery

6 Dittman sisters. Back: Emma, Lydia, Ida. Front: Ellen, Susanna, Mary Elizabeth.

labeled "Emma Dittman", and presumably husband Marvin Hess

Ellen Dittman Downing

Labeled "J. H. Dittman"; expect not Johan Heinrich "Henry" Detman , who died Westmoreland Co. PA

Gravestone of William & Sarah Dittman at Salem Reformed UCC cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Gravestone of Emanuel P. & Cora B. Dittman at Salem Ref. UCC

Gravestone for David Ditman

Dittman area, Salem Reformed UCC Cemetery

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 3. Census is not dated. Family headed by David Ditman: 3 males 0-5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 30-40. This agrees with the 1850 census for Davis and Susan Dittman and their three sons born between 1825 and 1830. It is not clear who are the 5-10 male and female or the female in her 20's. The older male may have been a father or a person boarding with the family.
2	1840 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com search engine does not find the family of David Dittman in Venango County.
3	1850 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Clarion Co, PA, page 14. Census dated 1 August, 1850. Lines 11-20: David Dittman, 52, farmer, $2500 real property; Susan, 51; William, 24, carpenter; Martin, 22, farmer; David, 18, farmer; Adam, 16; Eva E., 14; Catherine, 13; Susan Eddinger, 8. All b. PA.
4	1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com search engine does not find the family of William (or Wilhelm) Dittman in Clarion County. The family of parents David and Susanah Dittman and other relatives are in Richland Twp.
5	1870 United States federal Census, Salem Twp, Clarion Co., PA, pages 19, 20. Census dated 19 August 1870. Lines 38-40, page 19; 1-8, Page 20: William Dittman, 45, farmer, $3500 real, $1200 personal property; Sarah A., 37, keeping house; John A., 17, farm hand; Mary E., 15; Susanah M., 15; Catherine, 12; Sarah E., 10; Lydia L., 7; William F., 5; Joseph H., 3; Emmanuel P., 8 months. All b. PA.
6	1880 United States federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co., PA, page 4. Census dated 3 June 1870. Lines 16-30: William Dittman, 54, husband, farmer; Sarah A., 47, wife, housewife; Mary E., 25, dau, housework; Susan M., dau, 25, housework; Ellen C., dau, 23, housework; Sarah A., dau, 21, housework; Lydia L., dau, 18, housework; William F., son, 15, at home; Joseph H., son, 13, at home; Emmanuel P., son, 10, at home; Idah A., dau, 5, at home; Samuel H., son, 2 son, at home; Viola G., dau, 2, at home; George S, son, 8, at home; John H. Snipes, 21, boarder All b. PA. Lines 31-35: John A. Dittman, 23, farm hand; Melinda M., 22, wife, housework; Morita, 4, dau; William E., 3, son; John M., 1, son.
7	Book of Dittmans, A Researcher's Workbook, Revised 2nd edition 1993, by Betty Dittman Hamet. This manuscript includes descendants of Johann Heinrich Dittman, record of ship "Crawford" arr. Philadelphia 25 Oct 1773 from Rotterdam/Cowes; records in Mt. Pleasant Twp., Bedford Co. (forerunner of this township in Westmoreland Co. PA), in Westmoreland Co. PA, and in Venango/Clarion Co. PA; gravestone transcriptions from Lutheran Cemetery St Petersburg, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Reformed Church Cemetery Lamartine, these cemeteries in Clarion Co. PA; death registers from Clarion Co. Register of Deaths, and from the St. Petersburg Lutheran congregation.
8	Gravestone transcriptions at Salem Reformed UCC Cemetery, June 2007, by Elizabeth Wilson Williams with Nancy Beals Walls. Dittman, Emanuel P. 1869-1957; Cora B. 1869-1939. The following 4 stones in order, right to left in plot: DITTMAN Lawrence E. 1909-1978; Dorothy B. 1911-1980. Baby Girl Dittman 1954 David Lee Dittman 1959 In Gods Care, Dorothy Belle Dittman June 24, 1947 - Aug 1, 1993. Robert E. Dittman May 22, 1934 - July 21, 1998. The following 4 stones in order, right to left in plot: FATHER William Dittman born September 9, 1825, died March 13, 1896; MOTHER Sarah A. Dittman born May 3, 1833, died June 12, 1898. (Stone appeared to be a newer stone) David son of W. & S. A. Ditman (sic) died Oct 13, 1868 aged 17 yrs 1 mo & 8 ds. Infant daughter of E. P. & C. B. Dittman Mar. 7, 1891. Leona G. dau of Ellen C. Dittman 1877-1894. Infant son of E. P. & C. B. Dittman June 24, 1896. Frances C. dau. of EP & CB Dittman april 7, 1898 - Jan 7, 1899.
9	Dittman Documents and Photographs, from the lifetime collection of Joseph Dittman and wife Arminta E. Beals Dittman, now in the keeping of their grandchildren; photographed/copied with permission July 2008 by Nancy Beals Walls & Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
10	Research of Nancy Elizabeth Beals (Walls), 1975-ongoing, in the Venango/Clarion Counties border area, including cemetery inventories, obituary collections, church records and library research, and interviews of community members.